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Rh again threatened suspension on account of treasonable utter and Miller left for eastern Oregon and the Idaho mines. Thompson continued on the paper, working, successively, under Noltner and James O'Meara, old-timer who at one time or another edited several of Oregon's leading papers of the 60's and 70's.

The disposition of some to regard the Eugene Guard (now the Register-Guard) as dating from 1859, is based on the supposition that in some way it is a direct successor of the old Herald(1859)-Register (1862)-Review (1863). This, however, is not the case. September 16, 1865, was the suspension date of this newspaper, which was combined with the Washington Democrat and the Arena of Noltner, Hicks, and Bellinger to be issued in Salem under the title of Democratic Review by Hicks after the retirement of the others. Hicks moved on to Portland the next year. Even if the plant had been moved back to Eugene to be used on the Guard by J. B. Alexander in 1867, this would give no obvious justification for a claim of continuity of publication; for ownership, location, and name would seem to be the earmarks of common identity rather than the mere use of the same physical plant—and there is no evidence that the Arena plant was moved back to Eugene for use on the Guard.

Kincaid's Oregon State Journal gave the following send-off to its departing contemporary:

"Died.—The Eugene City Review has this day fizzled) died, become defunct and ceased to exist. It has been on the decline for many months, and since poor Jeff and Lee made their last "compromise" with Grant, it has been sinking very rapidly under a load of grief and disappointment, aggravated by serious financial embarrassments. Some say it has not died, but merely fizzled. Whether it died of grief or starvation is not yet known. We understand that the remains of the Review and W. L. Democrat are to be conveyed to Salem, where they will be united with the Arena. The combined debris will then be interred, Messrs. Noltner, Bellinger and Hicks performing the obsequies. The citizens of Salem may be considerably annoyed by the concern before it reaches its final resting place, but we hope they will bear their affliction with Christian fortitude."

In his autobiography Thompson tells picturesquely of the difficulties of publishing a southern-sympathizing paper in Eugene in early Civil war times.

I remained there (on Noltner and Miller's paper) three years (wrote Thompson) and during that time did not lose three days; that is, if we except the occasions when, for a week or two, the Herald was excluded from the United States mails for disloyal utterances. Publication would be